Hornpipe2 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I played this game years ago (late 1980s) from a disk containing lots of games. No idea where it came from originally, as this disk was a copy. Researching it today I find that this was a prototype cartridge... so I don't know how I got it in disk format. Nevertheless, see attached .obj file if you want to try it out. LASTSTAR.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 It was probably converted from the prototype cartridge like most pirated games. http://www.atariprotos.com/8bit/software/tlsf/tlsf.htm Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 O.K., at atari.online.pl You can find five differen version of The Last Starfighter: http://atari.online.pl/v01/index.phtml?ct=...tarfighter,_The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 what are the differences of last starfighter 5 versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 btw.... played the game (and star raiders 2) many times and i love it... it is well designed and using many atari specific features... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 what are the differences of last starfighter 5 versions? No idea. On the surface they all look the same, but I didn't play them very long. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 This is really beyond ridiculous... Just because somebody decides to pack the game, add a pirate screen or a header for easy auto-booting (and creating a FAKE disk image!) doesn't make it a "version". -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) And here are the original last starfighter prototype rom. BigBen starfighter.zip Edited April 30, 2008 by BigBen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8pdct Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I played this game years ago (late 1980s) from a disk containing lots of games. No idea where it came from originally, as this disk was a copy. Researching it today I find that this was a prototype cartridge... so I don't know how I got it in disk format. Nevertheless, see attached .obj file if you want to try it out. As far as I know, The last starfighter game was to complement the movie but for some reason, atari never released it, Maybe because the movie wasn't a very big hit, but it got out through what ever channels were around at the time. A couple of years latter, atari renamed it to starraiders 2 and added base stations to re fuel and other minor changes. Energy was only available when ya flew to the sun in the original version. that is still there in SR2 tho it happens a lot quicker. I personally prefer the original because I played it a lot before SR2 came about. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Kind of obvious. The film wasn't the hit it was anticipated to be, and Atari already had sunk a lot of R&D money into it. So rather than releasing it and having to pay Lorimar a commission, they just edited the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 what are the differences of last starfighter 5 versions? So, "The Last Starfighter" is only prototype to "Star Rider II" game. On atari.online.pl is review of this game: http://atari.online.pl/v01/index.phtml?sub...=2&ct=opisy - and short discussion about it (in Polish only). In there files are some bugs - different in all version. So, You can try it - someone game was crash, sometimes are bugs in gfx... It looks as it is other version of game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapture Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Kind of obvious. The film wasn't the hit it was anticipated to be, and Atari already had sunk a lot of R&D money into it. So rather than releasing it and having to pay Lorimar a commission, they just edited the game. It is strange that the movie was not the hit they expected but here we are now getting a possible sequel and of course someone making the real arcade game . I remember playing it on my 130XE (which still runs great) I have no idea where it came from I remember we had the Atari club meetings and I think I got it from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 So, "The Last Starfighter" is only prototype to "Star Rider II" game. Well, I don't believe so. Actually, The Last Starfighter came with the movie "Starfight" in the year 1984. You afterplay the "in movie videogame" and the later action in space. Someone reused the "gameengine" for a Starraiders sequel, giving some more features to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 The story I always read was that the game was to be based on the movie, but got pulled. Then later reworked and released as SR II. Of course, it's another one that was leaked as a fully-fledged game. I can't remember my version ever crashing or having problems. I kinda prefer it as LS, but that version is too easy since you can just freely move about in orbit of planets, unlike SR II where you always have the forced forward movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Does someone has a retail box of The Last Starfighter game? No. Does someone has a retail box of Star Raiders II? Yes. In fact The Last Starfighter for Atari 8-bit computers was developed but never sold. Ultimately, the home computer version was retooled, renamed, and released as Star Raiders 2 (Wikipedia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) It is strange that the movie was not the hit they expected but here we are now getting a possible sequel... This doesn't look too promising... http://www.imdb.com/company/co0003404/ BTW the whole point is kinda missed. The germ of the original film was to illustrate what could be achieved through the use of CGI effects. Now that everybody is overusing them, it wouldn't make a film unique. Quite the reverse appears to be true at this time. 1984: "The film used a CRAY computer to shoot all of the space scenes!" "Cool!" 2008: "The film uses CGI for everything!" "What...did SciFi productions make it?" Edited May 5, 2008 by Nukey Shay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapture Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Does someone has a retail box of The Last Starfighter game?No. Does someone has a retail box of Star Raiders II? Yes. In fact The Last Starfighter for Atari 8-bit computers was developed but never sold. Ultimately, the home computer version was retooled, renamed, and released as Star Raiders 2 (Wikipedia). It was a make it fit type of game from the start since they started designing it before the movie as "Orbiter". The one I has was definitely TLSF it has the "Greetings Starfighter.. you have been recruited etc.. etc.." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 2008:"The film uses CGI for everything!" "What...did SciFi productions make it?" SO TRUE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) I've never played SRII (but played the hell out of LS when I was younger.) I'll have to give SRII a whirl, I guess. Edited May 7, 2008 by Deteacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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